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KW90 ·

New London Airport

37.27180°N
-79.33590°W
ARR / DAY
2
20.0%
DEP / DAY
2
25.0%

New London Airport (KW90) is a small general aviation airport located in Forest, VA, 33 mi east of Roanoke. It features 1 runway measuring 3,164 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KLYH, 8 mi away (KW90 does not publish METAR)

40m ago
Temp
32°F
Wind
6 kts
230°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KLYH 201730Z AUTO 23006KT 10SM FEW050 32/19 A2999 RMK T03200190 MADISHF

Runways

1 installed

3,164 FT MAX
17/35
3,164 ft × 40
ASP● LIT

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

35
70% of ops
55 land · 4 TO
17
30% of ops
24 land · 6 TO
Runway 35 carries 70% of operations (55 landings, 4 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 17 at 30%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

35 55 landings
UA 22%
17 24 landings
UA 12%
Approaches to 35 show a 22% unstable-approach rate (12 UA events from 55 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
3.6
flights/day · 108 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 1pm · 4pm
Day vs night
80%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–4pm local, averaging 3.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.2× weekday (1.1 vs 4.7 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (57% of 108 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
APCH 135.000
APCH 254.325
UNICOM 122.800
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZDC
Elevation:
842 ft
Mag var:
9° W

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
Fliegen101
4/16/2014
Great airport
Really nice folk and all general aviation. Good place to keep an airplane. Good maintenance.
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